Sex offender moves from home near school, park

A former lawyer convicted of possession of child pornography has voluntarily moved from his Upper Arlington home after prosecutors sought to remove him because he lives too close to a school and park.

Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch

A former lawyer convicted of possession of child pornography has voluntarily moved from his Upper Arlington home after prosecutors sought to remove him because he lives too close to a school and park.

William B. Feldman, 66, promised not to return to his house on Lyon Drive in an agreement between prosecutors and his lawyer that was approved today by Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard A. Frye.

Feldman was convicted on Jan. 30 of pandering sexually oriented material involving a juvenile after authorities discovered child pornography on a computer at this home. Common Pleas Judge Charles A. Schneider sentenced Feldman to three years of community control, mandated intensive sex-offender supervision and required him to register as a sex offender for the next 25 years.

Authorities notified Feldman that he had to move from his $313,000 home because it is near Greensview Elementary School and Sunny 95 Park. Certain sex offenders are not permitted to live within 1,000 feet of schools, parks and daycare centers.

When Feldman failed to leave his home, prosecutors asked Frye order him to vacate the residence. Feldman argued that he bought his home in 1990 before the enactment of the law prohibiting some sex offenders from living near locations frequented by children.

Feldman, who has resigned, was a lawyer with the Ohio Department of Taxation from 1973 until his retirement in 2010.